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Mexican Vows.
WASHINGTON, February 3.-The immediate with?
drawal of tho French troops from Mexico may be
regarded as certain, the reports having been con?
firmed that au extraordinary commission had been I
nant; to that country to make the necessary pre- |
parafions for the evacuation.
Tho Emporor no longer insists on the prior |
recognition of MAXIMILIAN by the United States,
bat is satisfied with renewed promises that this
Government will preserve a strict neutrality in re?
gard to Mexico.
News via New Orleans st ;te that Gen. WEITZEL J
had issued an order dirocting every command?
ing officer to arrest ill armed persona lurking in
the District of thc Rio Grande.
A Military Commission is now in session at j
Brazos Santiago tu investigate tho Bagdad affair.
Affpersons, whether residents of Mexico or tho
United Stated, aro to appear, who aro conversant
with that difficulty.
Gen. WEITZEL han issued an order mustering j
ont of service tho Onu Hundred and Eighth in- |
fantry.
Chief Justice CHASE .iud Associate WATNE con?
cur in the opinion that it would bo improper to
hold Circuit Com ts in Virginia until Congress
Bhall have an opportunity to consider and act up?
on tho entire subject. The civil court in a dis?
trict under tuartial law can, they say, only act by
the sanction and under tho supervision of military
powers, and they cannot think it becomes the Su?
preme Court to exercise jurisdiction under such
conditions.
Front Washington.
WASHINGTON, February 2,1866.-The President
to-day ordered warrants to be issued for the par?
don of three hundred North Carolinians.
The President has transmitted to Congress the
report of General SHERMAN on the condition of
affairs in the Southern States. Ho says ho found !
.Terywhero 'in the South a large number of our i
officers and soldiers looking out for land and em?
ployment, and he doubted not that during the
next year all thc land which is cleared will be
auder cultivation; a largo part of it under the di?
rection of onergetic young men.
Congressional,
WASHINGTON, February L-Jn the Senate, Mr.
g }?E3SESpE5-?tatc.d that ho Would.ask -that body cn-J
-~?3foiWlry*'XKaKo.up Tho eu is tit uti on al amendment
passed yesterday by tho House, aud keep it before
them until it passed, as it was desirable tu get the
amendment before tho State Legislatures now in
session, at un carly date.
Mr. HOWARD made a speech on his resolution
recommending the trial of DAVIS and CLAY. He
offered an amenduitat to tho original resolution
so as to include others acting in concert with
them.
Mr. DAVIS made a lengthy speech on the bill for
the protection of civil rights.
The House was engaged iu tho consideration of
the bill enlarging tho powers of tho Freedmen's
Bureau.
From South America.
NEW YORK, February 1.-Panama dates to the
22d ult. received. No ?oe il news.
The storms havo destroyed almost thc entire
cotton crop throughout Salvador and Costa Rica,
The coffee crop is being gathered and brings
higher prices than usual.
The Peruvian dictator is pushing reforms in all
departments. Ile stated to the Chilian ambassa?
dor that Peru considered the Chilian conflict with
Spain essentially a Peruvian quostion.
Legislative.
RALEIGH, February 1_Tho House of Commons
continued to-day the consideration of the bill re- ! ?
tating to freedmen. Speeches were made foi and
.gainst allowing them to testify. No vote has yet
been taken. Thc outside fooling is adverse to
allowing them to testify.
Ww York Market.
NJSW YORK, February 2.-Flour is unsettled.
Southern {8.75@15. Wheat steady." Corn du?1 at
84@86c. Beef s toady. Pork firm; Mess $28.621?
28.69. Whiskey is dull at $2.23([?2 26. Cottou dull.
Sales of 1000 bales at ?S?49c Sugar dull. Naval
stores quiet. Gold 143@143?.
"From tho best information that I can gather,"
says a recent letter from Corinth, Miss., "two
thirds of thc freedmen in this part of tho South
ar? disposed to go to work. But many of them
object to hiting out to their former masters. They
have an idea that, so long as they remain on tho
old plantation, their freedom is not a sure thing;
consequently they wish a change, if only for iv single
eeason, with a view of satisfying themselves upon
so important a point. Occasionally one is bea.d
to say to another-"Spo.se you au me trade plan?
tations dis year; my old marso offer mc $21) a
month, and give me all do corn and bacon I want
to eat; but I'd Uko to s t odiuwhere else, so as lil
be free.' Such tru<'.:-s are frequently nude on ad?
joining plantations, and each darkey is satisfied
with his bargain."
AN experimont tried by an eminent physician of
St. Petersburg, daring the prevalence nf ihu
.cholera there several years ago, serves tn ih."
trate tho iiirtucnco of tho mind upon thu bini .
He obtained of the authorities two criminals ?h.?
had been condemned io death, to do with them n?
h? saw tit. One of these convicts was nnKo t<.
sleep in a bed iu which, aa he was told, a uuu
died with tho cholera thu night before-altin m ?ii
such was not tho fact. After a restless night, th
criminal was taken with aU the symptom* "f
cholera, ami died of that disease, declaring th it
hehadcaught.it from the bed-a victim li) K
own fears. , Tho other was m ide to sleep ou a " t\
wherein amati had died ... few hours previously ?>
thefat.il dweaiu. This f'ct, however, was in
known to thc ocelli) i.? nf the bed, who nv&r in
the morning rcfrcs'dod by his sleep, remaining iu
perfect health.
X.ETTER FROM NEW YOKK.
[FBOM ODK owx conausroNDENT.]
NEW YOEE,. February 1_Within thc past few
dava tbero have been sevoral very heavy falls of
snow, covering tho ground to sufficient depth to
admit of tho enjoyment of tho cxhilirating plea?
sures of sleigh riding. On Saturday las!, the
sleighing carnival was at its height. Thousands
of ?hefairand tho unfair sex were out enjoying the
fun. The Bloomingdalo road was thronged with
sleighs, drawn by gallant steeds, and bearing
happy beaux and belles, whoso merry laughter
mingled with tho tinkling of the tiny silvery
Bl9igh-bell8, till the music of the bells and the
music of the belles harmoniously blended, as the
otherwise noiseless vehicles swiftly and gracefully
glided along. See where goes that handsome
couple wrapt in furs, the flush of health and of
love upon the maiden's cheek, as she nestles
closer to the side of her admiring swain. See
where-but they slido along swiftly as wo watch
them, and are lost to our view. Tho beautiful
and snow-clad avenues in Central Park wore also
resorted to by thousands of the sleighing frater?
nity, whilst the skaters thronged toward tho lakes,
where fifty thousand were.on tho ice at one time.
Tho official list of tho number of persona who
have visited the Central Park during tho month of I
January, from tho 1st to the 2?th inclusive, shows
that tho Park has, during this period, been visited
by four hundred and eleven thousand two hun?
dred and forty-eight pedestrians; two thousand ,
three hundred and forty-four equestrians; forty- ]
five thousand two hundred aud seventy vehicles,
and seventeen thousand five hundred and tliir- j
toen sleighs.
Snow and ico aro very good in their way-very j
good for sleighing and for skating-but a de?
cidedly bad thing to gut on tho track of a street
car. Tho city railroad companies aro down on
tho snow and icc, auc tho horses aro down on said
ice and snow much oftener than they liko; where?
fore, the i ailroad pcoplo having heard that a good
way to catch a bird is to throw salt on its tail, and
having been informed, moreover, that salt will
melt ice or snow, have been seasoning the streets
with salt as though they were a large dish of some?
thing about to be cooked for a mammoth dinner.
The City Fathers, however, showed that said sea?
soning was out of season oven in this cold season,
and called attention to a city ordinance which for?
bids salting the streets as though they wero a
large ice-cream churn.
In my last lefter I gave you an account of the
ingenious robbery of a porter of the Greenwich
Savings Bank by a true and false policeman. It
was taken for granted that the real policeman
WA* innocent, and had been played upon by the
? .> r b'ke "a harp ot ft thousand strings;" but tho
President of tho Bank says that, in tho language
of ARTEMUS WABD, "he does not soe the thing in
those lamps," and adds, moreover, that looking
at it from thc light of other lamps, he thinks that
both of the men wero true policemen and false
policemen at the.same time; that is to Bay, they
?ere trne -jojicemen, being really bonafidg officers
)f thejr'.jijjjnt" that they wereinev?rthelass
Talso, inasmuch as they are a couple of thieving
rascals, who conspired together to rob tho Bank
porter. Tho astuto Bank President is a sharp
man, and I um inclined to believe that in this in?
stance he has seized tho right female swine by
-he organ of hearing. Tho rogues in this big
:ity aro so exceedingly smart that tho honest
non must necessarily sharpen their wits to tho
inest possible edge, or they will have- their oyes
robbed out of their heads whilst they aro iunoccnt
y dozing, and glass ones substituted.
Thc petroleum fraud case, iu which Colonel W.
?). MANN and Mr. STRATTON had been charged
irith having swindled certain parties by soiling
?hem shires in the United Servico Petroleum Con ?
pany under false representations, has como to an
ind. Justice DODGE decided in favor of tho de?
fendants to tho suit; Mr. STRATTON has been dia
:harged, and Colonel MANN, being honorably ac?
quitted, is onco moro regarded as an honorable
"man."
On Saturday last tho following sentence was
pronounced by Judgo GILUEUT on JOSE GONZALES
C FERNANDEZ and FKANCISCO GENE SALVADOU, who
Liad bcou convicted of tho murder of tho Spaniard
DTERO : "Tho sentence of tho court, in each of
rour cases, is, that you bo taken hence to tho
place whence you came, and bo there confined un
;il Tuesday, thc ninth day of March, and on that
lay, between tho hours of nine in tho forenoon
mdthrco in the afternoon, you be hanged by tho
?eck until you bo dead."
The prisoners were not in tho slightest degree
iffeoted by tho reading of tho above sentence ; or.
.athc-r, they gave no outward demonstration that
hey were so. Let mo add hero what thc Judge
teems to havo omitted in reading tho sentence
md may Gon havo mercy on their souls.
Tho pickpockets aro doing a fiourisliing buai
iese; their operations ure principally confined to
ho street cars, whero they havo ot'Iato been help
ng themselves so plenteously and successfully to
?thor people's greenbacks that tho newspapers
iro crying out "trumpot-tongued against tho deep
lamnation of their taking off." Tho only way for
i man to insure himself when ho gets into ono of
hebe oars, that he will not havo his pocket-book
ibetracted from bia pocket, is for him to leave it
it homo and only carry about his person-in bis
neath would answer-enough money for cur faro.
Tho Charity Ball on Monday night at the Acad
smy of Music, for the benefit of tho Nursery and
Jlnld's Hospital, was a decided success. The
uagni?eent build ii g was filled to overtlowing, was
mist bountifully and tastefully decorated for thc
jc .asioii, and tho dazzling light of hundreds of
ets of K.as, revealing thousands^of faces decke I
irilii the smile of beauty, shone upon a sceno that
brought to mind tales of fairy palaces created by
tho enchanter's wand.
Last t tho Academy was tho sccno of a still
grander and more imposing spectacle on tho occa?
sion of tho reception of tho famous 7th Reg. Na?
tional Guard, given to those of its members wh"
have fcrvod in tho army during tho late war. It
warf truly a grand demonstration; but tho brief
space allowed mc in this letter, docs not admit of
my ittcmpting a description-to which the Herald
devotes in? less than lour columns and a half of
closely printed matter.
,,..f i n's ,uo'h?r financial sonsation on the car
I "i livre. A contle tu an named NAELTE is accused
o? 1..I.1U-r.,.,1,,.,1 a bankin Berlin on Christmas
???wi S^yU'unsanti thalers, with which ho
,T?..,l^.?^rk*.M ;l Christmas gift. The
w i, "". ?,; I . ? T' ??? ?wm arrested hero, and
that tao Chromas g-ft h w got ,lini illtl) a Ch , i
III !S-lKI\.
Theatres and places of amusement s';r d-?r.i
and making money. MOUL l'?UE.
LETTER
l'ROH
HIS EXCELLENCE JAMES L. ORR,
GOVERNOR OP SOUTH t AROL.I T: A.
To Hon. Hush McCnlloch, Secretary of
thc Treasury.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, }
CHAELESTON, January 19, 18GC. j'
2b the Hon. the Secretary of the Treasury :
Sm.- As Governor of tho Stato of South' Caro?
line, it becomes my duty to ask your attention to
certain subjects of very grave importance to her
interest, and thc control of which belongs to
your Dopi-rtmont.
It is unnecessary for mc to do moro than to
refer to the Acts of the United States imposing tho
direct tax and making provision for its collection
in the "insurrectionary States." With these provi?
sions you are perfectly familiar: and it is not my
purpose at present to call in question either their
constitutionality or thoir policy. Fortunately for th?
State which I represent, fortunately, I hope you
will allow mo to add, for tho whole country, the
character of "insurrectionary" no longer applier?
to her. Accopti'ig honestly tho result of the
great contest which has now ended, sho has met
the necessities of lier condition, and her peoplo
arc endeavoring, with earnest and single-minded
purpose, to rotrievo tho disasters and destruction
of the last Ave years. In this endeavor lani gladt >
believe that both yourself and thoAdministration,
of which you form so distinguished a part, cor?
dially sympathize, and I fool confident of your
patient and favorable consideration, when I ask
for such relief as it is in your power to afford,
from tho operation of laws passed in unhappy
times, and the necessity for which luis now ceased
tc exist.
Owing to the fact that until the .surrender of
Generals Lee and Johnston, only tho sea-board of
this Stato was in tho military possession of the
United States, it has happened that in that sec?
tion only of tho Stato havo theso laws been ap?
plied. Owing, al-o, to this fact, and tho conse?
quent fact that tho forces of tho lato Confederacy
interposed botweon this section and tho rest of
tho State, it has happened that thc proprietors of
this section, who were driven from their homes
by tho armed occupation of 18C1, havo boen, dur?
ing the war, entirely separated from their estates,
havo neither been able to tatra the proceedings
which have been instituted under tho laws, nor
have been enabled to take advantage of tho just
and humane provisions for redemption which
those acts contain. Tho consequence has been
that theso laws have been more harshly and more
entirely enforced in this section of South Carolina
than in any other portion of tho South, and from
thc inability of the parties interested to re?oive
the requisite notice, there has occurred an
amount of sacrifice by tho salo of property moro
enormous in character and moro universal in ex?
tent than in any other portion of the country. I
behove I am warranted in saying that, from cau?
ses entirely beyond their control, not one of the
owners of these estates have been able either to
pav his taxes or to avail himself of the power of
redemption, while, in thousands of instances, es?
tates of tho highest value have boen sold for tho
smallest amount of tax, and bought for the most
inconsiderable sums. One instanoo to which I
will refer, in which au estate, tho market value of
which was $21,000, was bought in by tho Govern?
ment for $80, the amount of tax due being even
leas than thia .inconsiderable amount, and tho
Government being in possession at tho time of
cotton taken from the estate to more than a hun?
dred times tho amount of tho tax, is one illustra?
tion out of many. The whole property of this
section of country, including the entire Parish of
St. J?3lena, one of the most valuable portions of
tho State, and a portion -jbf St. Luke's, .has^enro?.'
^et? ry changed hands'i ns far as these acts can
.affect tho change, and has passed cither into the
possession of tho Government or of third parties.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in that
portion of his report which refers to the operation
of the Direct Tax Act, usos the following lan?
guage :
"It is evident from what I have stated, that when the
duties of the Commissioners under tho present laws
shall be completed, the burdens imposed by it will have
fallen unequally upon tbc peoplo of the districts lately
iu insurrection. Some will havo paid little in addition
to their original distributivo share of thu twenty millions
of dollars, while others will have lost their entire es?
tates. Somo States, too, will have paid only the amount
apportioned to them uudcr tho Act of August 7, 1861,
white others, for tho reasons before niven will, through
tho collections and sales, have contributed largely in
excess of such apportionment."
I havo been informed, aud have reason to be?
hove, that thc Stato of South Carolina is ono of
those States which has "contributed largely in
excess ;" and that a small portion of tho State has
thus been made to bear even more than the burden
of tho whole commonwealth ; and that at the
expense of a few hundred citizens, not more guilty
than their follows, and including in thoir number
a very largo proportion of inoffensive widows,
orphans and minors. Nor can the State compen?
sate them for this terrible loss. Her resources
exhausted, her new system of labor scarcely or?
ganized, hardly a remnant of- her capital, pubUo |
or private, saved in this groat wreck, more thaii
one generation must work and suffer before re?
turning prosperity cnablosher to be cither just
or generous, and oven thon no compensation
would restore theso exiles to she homes in which
they wcro born.
I "would, therefore, respectfully ask your assist?
ance in ascertaining the exact condition of the
amount of direct tax due and paid by this State,
and would earnestly ontrcat your co-operation, in
order that if it be true that this State has over?
paid its portion of taxation, or should that not bo
cuso, if tho State will assume and secure tho pay?
ment of the very small balanco that remains, that
some arrangement be mado by which the lands
which, under tho necessities of war, havo been
bought in by Government, should be restored to
their original possessors. Tho only object of this
salo and purchase was to secure the payment of
thc tax. if tho payment of that tax has bceu, or
can bc secured, there is no further object in mak?
ing tho law a means of personal punishment, a
punishment not indicted by a discriminating jus
lice against special offenders, but simply resulting
from the accidental locality of tho sufferer.
I would ask your attention to tho further addi?
tional extract from tho report of tho Commission?
er of Internal Revenue:
"Of tho property purchased for the Governmental
the sdles for taxes, leases under section 9 of thc act of
Juno 7, 1862, havo been made only by tho South Carolina
Couiraiaaion. lu South Carolina, too, and not elsewhere,
resales of lands MT in ut the sulfa for taxes have been
mude by tho Commission, under section ll of tho samo
statute. This section provides that purchasers lit thu
sale who shall have tai th I nil y served for thc term of three
months us au olhcer, musician, or private soldier, or
sailor, in the army, or navy, or murine service of the
United States, as a regular or volunteer, and who shall
pay one-fourth part of thc purchase-money, shall re?
ceive a certificate, and shall have the term of three years
in which to pay the r- muiuder. Thc amount which will
become due in 1867 and 1868 upon thc army and navy
certificates, issued os above, is $2U6,i.'Mi. In this
htatc, ulsu, a board of selection, appointed by tho Presi
deutof the United Slates for thut purpose, und com?
prised in part of thc Tax Commissioners, under his in?
structions of September 16, 1863, selected und reserved
fur military, miva', charitable, educational, and police
purpo-es, eighty-one plantations, situated on thc several
sea .-lauds of that State.
" Under tho same instructions the Commission made
salo of homesteads of ten und twenty acres each to heads
of families of african descent.
" ??neo December 10, 1H63, there have been 017 certill
catcs ot homesteads of this character, issued by the
Commission, most of which were duriug ths last fiscal
year "
It is difficult to understand why, looking upon
these acts us intended to have uniform effect, so
very marked au exception should have been mado
of this State, aud us tho direct authority of the
Commissioners to grant these leases "extends
only until thc said robellion and insurrection in
said Stato shtill be put down, and the authority of
tho United States established, and until thc people
of said Staic shall elect a Legislature ami State
officer**, who ?hall take an oath to support tho
Const'iutiou of tito United States, to bc announced
hy Um Proklamation of tho President, and until
tho m si. il.,y ol March next thereafter." I would
ask whether tho timo and conditions for the ter?
mination of these leases do uot seem very rapidly I
?pM|0mng^n3 if fo.?w??ther any"ptl?clpTo'bf
juslpT/or any good reaBon of policy, woola pre
vcn,Vthe Government from reatoring tho lands so
leai'ld, to the original owners?
F?rther, tho Commissioner, after stating that
moet of the allotments of homesteads were made
during tho lajt^acal year, proceeds:
"After the cessation cf hostilities, and on the seven?
teenth day of May last, 'hu several commissions were
directed by this office, in pursuance of tho instructions
of the Secretary ot' the Treasury, to suspend all sales of
linds for taxe* In districts before that time in insurrec?
tion, until otherwise ordered."
Now, if I am rightly informed of the legal effect
of .HOBO acts, and tho President's instructions,
thoao allotments could only take place upon the
resale of the lands originally t.ought in by the
Government, and the order forbidding all further
sales-Was in effect forbidding any further allot
moiiftv and yet, according to the Commissioner,
mott or these allotments were made, "during the
last fiscal year," that is, after tho issue of the
order.ljjrbiddiiig thom. You are yourself aware
thai j?h?3 order was so openly disregarded, that
appjijation was made to you by tho executive
agobtWthis Stato, ir. November last, for an order
to sugfknd soles in Beaufort, advertised in direct,
vio??lon of its terms, and that you promptly and
justit/ gave tho order asked for. And it is my
duty to stato, on perfectly reliable authority, that
thean allotments were not only made during the
lust fiscal yeal-, but that Mr. Brisbane, ono of th?'
Commissioners, ia now engaged in surveying and
laying out the plantations in St. Holona, for the
ptirposo of continncd allotment.
Thc condition of these lands is such that, owing
to the action of tho direct tax laws, the original
owners aro ousted of possession, while the system
of leaeos and allotments, and in ?omo portions tho
field-order of General Sherman, havo caused their
distribution among tho freedmen, and created a
strong expectation among them of continued and
more oxtensivo distribution. I would submit to
you, and through you to thc Government, wheth?
er any principio of justice can sanction such a do ti?
bie punishment as first to compel tho,owners of
these lands to bear the whole burden of the State's
taxation, and then to confiscate tho very lands
which had been so taxed. For, as I havo said be?
fore, now that, tho cessation of war has given the
opportunity, these owners are perfectly willing to
pay their taxes, and ask simply that thc principio
of redemption, incorporated ia the acts them?
selves, shall not bo made barren by being limited
to a point of time before which it was clearly im?
possible to use it.
But there is another point of view from which
the condition of these lands assumes even graver
importance. The question of the relation be?
tween tho whito population of this State and the
now freedmen has been a very perplexing one,
and not altogether free from danger. It has been
for a long time doubtful whether tho freedman
would contract for labor at all, and the great
difficulty in the way has boen his conviction that
the lands of his former master wore to be given
to him. This delusion is not yet dispelled. In
the interior of the 8tate, whero there has been no
dispossession of tho owners, the freedmen are
gradually becoming convinced of the truth, and
aro beginning to find that work isa nocessity, and
hy contracting for labor at fair wages, only can
they Becure work. But in the low country the
casa is different. Difficulties still seem impossi?
ble to be oTorcomo and serious disturbances havo
occurred. Genend Sickles, by energetic and
practical action, ia making some progress to a
moro wholesome state of affairs. But there ia ono
obstacle too strong for him, or the plauter, or the
Stat?. That is, tho existence in the Stato of a
large tract of the richest and most valuable lands,
from whioh the whito owner is excluded, to which
the freedmen look with the assurance of future
possession, and over which tho State possesses no
control, and the military authorities of the United
?tates can exert no beneficial influence.
As long as these lands remain in this condition,
no Jbng the freedman of tho low country will re -
ityi# to <?ork for wages, and tho freedman of tho
up-country will work discontentedly. Although I
seo that a proposition has beon made in Congress
to confirm tho grant madu by Gen. Sherman's
field order, I can not believe that cither tho jus?
tice or wisdom of a great government will permit
BO fatal an injury to this State as must bo tho es?
tablishment of a negro colony upon her borders,
wasting her most fruitful lands, obstructing her
largest harbors, and shutting out from thu sea,
by a belt of barrenness, her enterpriso and her
industry. But the delay in deciding tho status of
these lands is acting most injuriously, upon tho
fortunes and future of this State. Already tho
beneficent action of the President's restoration of
lands has beon unaccountably delayed, intention?
ally or ignorantly, by those entrusted with its ex?
ecution. But imperfectly and unwillingly us it has
been executed, already its good effects aro visible,
and I will venturo to assure you that if you can
contribute to make it perfect, by aiding tho Stato
in tho restoration of tho lands, now practically
confiscated hy tho Direct Tax Act, you wiil be
going far in securing thc solution of that quostion
of labor which is to-day the only real obstado to
tho firm, harmonious, and prosperous re-con?
struction ol' a common country.
Impressed with tho importance of theso views,
but finding it impossible, oithor with justice to
your engagements or my own to dwoll upon them
moro fully or moro in detail, I havo commissioned
Hon. Wm. Henry Trcacot to lay Ibis letter before
you, and toenforco it with such information as an
examination ot it cn your part may require. Mr.
Trescot has already had the honor of communica?
tion with you as tho representativo in the same
capacity of my predecessor, Gov. Perry.
Commending him to your courteous considera?
tion, and asking for the subject ho lays beforo you
your carly and aoriouB attention,
I ara, verv respectfully,
JAS. L. OltB,
Governor of South Carolina.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?-Tho Now York Citizen
(edited by Privato MILES O'RII.EY) has an article
laudatory of tho Fenians, and urging Irishmon
and Americans to contribute to tho Fenian funds.
Wo quoto a single ominous passage :
"Wc toll tho American public-and they have
heretofore found us pretty accurate prophets in
everything relativo to the Fenian cause-?hat be?
fore ten weeks there will he-somewhere-an Irish
Republic existing on tho taco of tho earth, with a
flag, an army, a port of entry and exit, a navy of
privateers, and tho tacit encouragement both of
France and the Unitod States in the prosocutiou
of belligerent acts against Great Britain. Let no
one ask us for the present whero this republic
will bc located, for wo cannot answer. It must bo
called a republic, to warrant tho Hag and licet,
but will really only be used as an immediate basis
of operations for tho transfer of activo hostilities
to tho Canadian and 'rish soils. A word to tho
wiso is enough. And now, whilo thc quid nuncs
grow excited, thc wiso will await developments,
giving liberally of their means to aid tho cause;
nor will they have to tarry long for the fulfillment
of all that we herein foreshadow."
SMALL POX IN MOBILE.-Tho small pox prevails
in our city to a great extent. So far us wo can
learn, tho authorities are using every exertion to
check iU progress, but unless all aro vaccinated it
is utterly impossible to accomplish the work. Wo
hope that everybody (white and black) who have
not bad tho operation performed, will no longer
neglect it. Wo would again remind our citizens
that thc city has wisely provided tu;o good physi?
cians to vaccinate gratuitously, and tuc vaccine
matter in their possession is puro and "unadul?
terated. ' Wo hope that all will "bare their arms"
and fortify against this loathsomo < ontagion.
Uulcss this is done voluntarily, we apprehend
that it will become necessary to follow tho example
ol' several other cities, which have resorted to
what is termed "compulsory vaccination." This
gives nhjsie?tns a carie blanche to forcibly per?
form tht operation on all who havo not been
vaccinated within a certain period, or had the
small poi. It is an arbitrary law, but the public
safety hus required it in some places, and it ? aa
enforced -Aoxertiser.
XS- THE WEEKLY RECORD CAN BE PUIU
CHASED it H. P. HUGO'S, Market-street, and M. M
QUINN'S,King-street, at which places newsboys can be
supplied.
?SS- >o papers will bo sold from the Offico in Hayne
1 street. December 16
MA?R???),
On Thursday, 1st Febr_ry, In this city, by'dteBev.
WM S. BOWMAN, Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD JENNINGS
to Hiss AMELIA CAROLINA, only daughter of Mr. A.
Dorr, all of Charleston, S. C. *
On tho morning of the 3d of Fobruary, at tho resi?
dence of the officiating minister, the Kev. CHRISTOPHER
HANCKXL, D.D., A. ELLIOTT DABBY, orst. Matthews'
Parish, io DEAS F . eldest daughter of the late- W. - A.
Sr.v7.xEi1, of St? John's Berkley.
&g- The Relatives, Friends and Acquaint?
ances of Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH & ADDISON, and of
their Son, Mr. JOSEPH M. ADDISON, are respectfully in?
vited to attend the Fanerai Services of the former, at
his lato residence. No. 28 Marsh-street, To-Morrcno
Morning, it half-past Ten o'clock, without further Invi
tation. February 6
jOSf-The Member* of the Fellowship Society
aro respectfully requested to attend the Funeral of Mr.
JOSEPH S. ADDISON, To-Morrow Morning, at half-past
Ten o'clock. February 5
*' [ADVKBTIHllMRHTV] :
Cm Rr,EST OH. February 4, 1866.
Editor of Daily Newt :
I 'AH Sra.-In your paper of the 2d instant I am
^l'tUengcd to fight by one HE NUT VAK WINKLE. In
reply I beg to say that it is wt ll known in England as
well SB the United States that since my fight with the
gallant TOM SAYERS (now deceased), lt was my intention
to retire/orewr from the prize-ring; but from tho many
boasting und gasconadings of the above and others that
they aro able to whip me, I have been induced to altar
my mind. I will, therefore, In reply to the above
mentioned challenge, say that I will fight the said
HENRY VAN WINKLE for any sum, from five hundred
dollars or upwards, at any time or place that may
bo agreed upon. Money left at the office of "TEX
CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS," or at my place of business,
corner of Church and Chalmers streets, where a match
can be made for any sum.
Tours respectfully, AARON JONES.
P. 3.-If this is not satisfactory to Mr. H. VAN
WINKLE, I hopo ho and his friends will refrain in future
from thoir largo talk bnt small works about fighting me,
an I am getting quite tired of it. 1 A. J.
SPECIAL NQTICE8.
US' ?STATE NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV
ING any demands against the Estato of the Bov. A.
PECBIFOT, deceased, will present the same, daly ot?
tos ted ; and those indebted will make payment to
Messrs. MACBETH tc BUIST, Attorneys at Law, No. 41
Broad-street, A. M. PEURIFOY, Administrator,
Fobmary 5 m3* \ Spartonbttfg O- H., 8. v. .
HS- THE DIOCESAN COUNCIL OP THE PRO?
TESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH in South Carolina
will meot in Grace Church, Charleston, on Wednesday,
tho 14th February. Divine Service will commence at j
IU o'clock AM. J. D. McCOLLOUGH,
January 17 w m9_Secretary of Conned.
AW NOTICE.-ALL BILLS AGAINST THE
Spanish barkantino '. FORTUNA " must bo handed in
to tho undersigned on or before Monday, the 6th inst,
or they will bo debarred payment.
W. P. HALL.
February 2_3_Brown's Wharf.
?5- TO NAVAL OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
Any person knowing tho address or whereabouts of
WILLIAM S. HAMILTON, supposed to be in the United
States Navy, will confer a fa VT by addressing his
afflicted mother. Mrs. K. J. HAMILTON. Richmond,
Jofferson County, OhIo.> ,
February 2 4*
esr LOAN ON BOTTOMRY AND RESPON
DENTIA.-A loan of about Four Thousand Five Hun
dred Dollars, moro or less, ls wanted on bottcmry of
Spanish barkentlne "Fortuna," Gsrrido, Mast-r, and on
hypothecation of her cargo on board, consisting of
Sugar, Tobacco, Atc, to pay tor repairs and expensa* in?
curred at tho port of Charleston, while on har voyage
from Havana to Cadiz ; said Iran to bo reimbursed with
maratimo premium within ten days after the safo arrival
of said barkentinc and cargo front her present intended
voyage.
Sealed proposals for makins said loan, stating rate of
maritime premium, to be left at the office of the Spanish
Consul, in Wragg Sqnurc, ail or beforo Saturday, the 3d
of i ehruary, at 12 o'clock noon. 13. RIOLS,
January '.".< Action Spanish Consul.
?5- ELMORE MUTUAL INSURANCE COM?
PANY.-CHARLESTON, January 24, 1866.-Tho Stock?
holders of this Cootpany are hereby notified that an
assessment of FIVE DOLLARS PER SHARE hus boen
recommended by tho Board of Diroctors, and approved
at a mooting of the Stockholders, held on tho 20th inst ;
thirty days notice of such call being requisite, tho said
assessment will bo received at tho office of the Company,
First National Dank, corner ?road and Statu streets, on *
or berore Friday, 03d Fobruary.
EXTJRACT mon CUARTEE.
"Tho President and Directors shall be, and they are
authorized anil empowered in cull for and collect from
each Stockholder, ono ur mure assessments on eacb
sham of tho Capital Stock, not exceeding, in tho aggro
gate, tho uraount of ten (lullars ($10) per share, and to
compel the payment nf tim same by forfeiture and sale
of the stock, or otherwise."
By order of tho Board of Diroctors.
JOSEPH WHILDEN, Secretary and Treasurer.
N. B.-Tho Secretary is now prepared to receive the
above assessment.
January 24 Imo
td- TUE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIOCES?
AN COUN'OIL will meet In this city on tho 11th of Februa?
ry. It isesscnti.il that there should bs a full attendance,
but, owing to tho slriugoncy of thc times, it doubtless will
bo out of thu power of many delegates to attend, unless
they can be entertained by irieuds. It is respectfully re?
quested ol' such citizens BS can and will accommodate
either the clerical or lay delegates, to inform one or
other cf the undersigned, as soon as possible.
C. C. PTNCKNEY, JR.
C. P. QAD8DEN,
A. T. PORTER.
January 31 6
?3T A BRANCH OF THE U. STATES POLICE.
AGENCY having benn established in Charleston, nuder
tb? supervision of the undersigned, they have been em?
powered by the civil and military authorities to act as
Special Police Detectives. Our long and varied experi?
ence in all tho largo cities of tho United States gives ns
pecuiiar facilities for Lhu successful transaction of any
business which may bo entrusted to our caro. Wo are
in constant correspondence with tho police authorities
throughout the country.
Wo respectfully refer to Mr. JOHN YOUNO, Chief of tho
detective force of New i'or!: city. All communications
to be addressed to tho Merchants' Hotel, caro of Mr
HARRY FERRIS. A. H. WATSON,
WM. O'BRIEN.
February 3 12*
?ar NOTICE TO COTTON AND NAVAL STORES
SHIPPERS.-The undersized is prepared to make full
CASH ADVANCES un shipments of Produce to Aral
class Honsos iu New York -md Liverpool.
WILLIAM LL WESSON,
At THADDEUS STEKKT**, No. 74 Kust Bay, and at W C
BEF. A CO'S, corner of Hist Hay aud V'atiil'Tli"?!
Wharf. Jan un ry
esr OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, JAM' \R?
6, I860.-In auiortbuico with tho instruction* revived
at tho last meeting of City Council, the following .Inso?
lation is published for ?? :' -ral Information!
Jt-sufanf, That publie n-n.-o bf r.'tven lust If : ny per
son intends tu e.reef n Itiiil.liu!! in th- burnt nw?.s- hf
shall tlrst apply tt> Cunneil Mid ase -aili vhetuar no!
the city intends wil.vu-; Mild direct.
January o iv. Jl. SMITH. Clerk ol ? oimeii.
?.OFFICE CB^ELESTON GAS-LIGHT COM?
PANY-CHARLESTON, January 25, 1866.-The Anuna*
Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company *I%fee>
held TM* Dccy. 5th February, 1866, at No. 2ft Broacfc
street, np stairs, at 12, o'clock. M., when a statement rf
the affairs of the Company will be submitted, and aa
election held for Prosidont and eight Directors, to serrcv.
for the ensuing year. W. HERIOT,
. Februarys _ ' Secretary and Treasurer.
-'fSSt*j-1 ' '
^^INFORMATION ""WANTED OF WM. T.
KING.-Any information concerning WM. T. KING-,
who is sick in this city, will be thankfully received by A
C. Hiar,, at Mrs. Bosun's, No. 72 Hasel-strset, or hy
Dr. Para, No. 93 Wentworth.
February 6 _ 3?
as* IN FORMATION IS WANTED CONGELW
ING ALEXANDER and DANIEL NEAL, who rom erred
from Baltimore to Charleston some years ago; their oc?
cupation, was carpenters. Any. ono knowing anJihing (
about their whereabouts, will confer a favor oh thcirr
widowed mother, MARGARET .' NEAL, " on -board tha
Ellie Knight, for two days, at North Atlantic Dock,
stowi.rdcss, by giving her information. She resides at
at No. 64 Clay-street, Baltimore, Maryland.
February 6_2_
?3- NOTICE .-CONSIGNEES PEB BRIG
TBDNDELEN, from Boston, are hereby notified that she?
la This Dat; discharging cargo at KEBB'B Wharf. AD
goods remaining on the wharf at sunset will be stored
at expense and risk of owners.
February 5_1_ _P. P. LOCKE.
?-CONSIGNEES1 NOTICE.-THE MEB
CHANl *3 Line schooner ENCHANTRESS will dlscharg?
cargo Thu Day, at Adger's Wharves. All Goods not
called for at sunset will be stored at their risk and ex?
pensa. WILLIAM ROACH.
February 5 _I
?.NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-CONSIGNEES
per Steamship SEA GULL, from Baltimore, are hereby
notified that she ls This Day discharging cargo at
Brown's Wharf, and all goods remaining on the Wharf
after sunset wiU be stored at their expense and risk;'
February 5_1 MORDECAI k CO., Agents.
?.NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES PEB SCHOONER
DAYBREAK, are hereby notified that her cargo is heine
Thit Day discharged at Brown's South Wharf. Any
gooda remaining uncalled for at sunset will be stored at
the risk and expense of the owners.
February 3 D. J. STD SQ ES.
?.WITH A VIEW TO THE PARTITION OF
the Estate of the late JOHN H. TUCKER, of George?
town District, all claims against the Estate are requested
to be handed in Immediately to either of the under?
signed. W. H. TUCKER,
JOS. R. TUCKER,
H. M. TUCKER,
February 3 18 Qualified Executors.
?-NOTICE TO THE HOLDERS OF THE
UN ENDORSED BONDS AND JUDGMENT CREDI?
TORS OF THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH RAIL?
ROAD COMPANY.-The General Assembly having, at
its last session, authorized the Company to issue Bonds
to the amount not exceeding FIVE HUNDRED THOU?
SAND DOLLARS, for the restoration of the Road, aa*
postponed to them its own first hen, on the condition
that the holders of the Unendorsed .Bonds and Judg?
ment Creditors shah, in writing, consent that their
1 Lons bo postponed in the same manner, sosa to rank**
at present, next hjlow the said lien of the State-the said
creditors are hereby requested to assemble on rVedum
day, 14th February, at 12 M., at the Office of the Charles?
ton InHurtnco and Trust Company, in Broach-street, t*
take into consideration the proposition Indicated.
By order of the Board of Directors.
8. W. FISHER,
Secretary and Treasurer.
?-The New York Herald will please give tho above,
thrco insertions and send bill to this office.
January 15 mwflft
??STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON DISTRICT.-By GEORGE BUIST, Esq.,
Ordinary.-Whereas CATHERINE HASH BURN, of
Charleston, Widow, made suit to mo to grant her Letters;
of Administration, of tho Estate and Effects of JAMES H.
MASHB?RN, Late of Charleston, Custom Houso Officer :
Thesoare, therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of tho said JAMES H. MASHBUBV
deceased, that they be and app. before me,-in th?
Court of Ordinary, to be held at Charleston, at No. 3
Rutledge-strcet, on tho 12th day of February, 1866, after
publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin
istration should not bo granted.
Given under my hand, this twenty-seventh day of
January, Anno Domini 18CC. GEORGE BUIST,
January 20 m2 Judge of Probates.
?" NOTICE TO LOTHOLDERS.-IN CONSE
! QUENOE of tho depredations being committed on t??
Grounds, no one will bo allowed to attend to any lot ex?
cept :hose employed by the Company.
J. J. STROUB,
December 1 Secretary.
AW DR. H. BAEli.-OFFICE AT THE DRUCI
STORE of Mr. A. C. PH1N. Meeting street, near Mar?
ket_Nevemos
?- AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD EYES
mad') new, without Spectacles, Doctor or Medici??.
Pamphlet mafled free on receipt of ten cents. Adir?s?
E. B. FOOTE. M. D. No. 1130 Broadway, New York.
November 'J
JOHN G. MILNOE & CO.,
A/LTCTI03ST
Axn
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
No, 135 Meeting-street,
Charleston, S. C.,
Y^ILL RESUME THEIR OLD BUSINESS, AHP
would solicit consignments of MERCHANDISE of all de?
scriptions, either for Public or Private Salo.
y.rj- Particular attention paid to all out-door sales.
JaunaryJJ0__ 3mos
I'. II. Trout.Oliver Amsbary
TROUT ?Sc ^?.lVESBTJR-y,
Seneral Commission Merchants,
Wt? rMSALKttS IN
LIME. CEMENT, PLASTER PAULS, LAT II." HATS
*ud Shingles, Lumber and Titular. Hay M \ (raia.
North ?vest conn i i
November 20 fimo K?st Bay and Market- avert.